A banner year for M&A deals
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Despite the pandemic, there were many large merger and acquisition agreements
published : 25 Dec 2020 at 07:00
1 A woman pushes a shopping cart in front of a Tesco Lotus store in Bangkok. CP Group s acquisition of the hypermarket chain was one of the largest deals this year. (Photo by Wisit Tham-ngern)
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity looked strong at the beginning of 2020 with numerous transactions, including the acquisition of the Ninth Towers office building and Unilever House office building projects (US$186 million and $50.4 million, respectively) by CPN Retail Growth Leasehold REIT.
In the first quarter of 2020, according to international consulting firm KPMG, the real estate, infrastructure and construction sectors contributed 83.5% of the $1.36 billion M&A transaction value.